Asbestos (ASB) is any of a group of silicate minerals that are resistant to heat, fire, and chemical exposure. The structure of the crystals that make up asbestos are different from most other crystalline minerals; instead of the many-sided structure we usually think of as crystalline, the crystals are...
Articles with the Tag Lung cancer
Smoking And Colitis
Only a Pack a Day – Smoking Poison, like crime, is such a relative matter. A little hydrocyanic acid gives a delightful flavor to cherries, a little more gives you a preferred position in an obituary column. Kill one man and you are a murderer; kill a hundred thousand...
Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma – Trimodality Therapy Survival Rate Malignant pleural mesothelioma is a malignancy located in the membrane that covers the lungs. Pleural mesothelioma is the most common form of mesothelioma; about 80-90% of the cases begin in the pleural. In general, the symptoms of malignant pleural mesothelioma which...